"This chatbot could have been a questionnaire" is the new "this meeting could have been an email"

🚀 Up to €158K in funding for open-source software in the public interest! The Prototype Fund backs solo devs & small teams (max 4 ppl) working on civic tech, infrastructure, or infosec. 🗓️ Apply by Nov 30, 2025 🔓 Must be open source 🌍 EU-based teams welcome

The Brick Hero Case is a lightweight travel case for Legos. Great details like no-spill mesh pocket, integrated baseplate, 2-way zipper. This genius thing fills a gap in any #lego family's life. It's my friend's invention, it's NOT a crowdfund, they're here and you can buy one! brickherocase.com

Vibe coding has come to civic tech. And the problem isn't bad code: it's the assumptions that your average vibe coder is making. Read on @civictechguide.bsky.social mailchi.mp/civictech/vi...

This is a hell of a barely legal opt-out from ClaudeAI. First, you should not have to opt out, you should have to opt in. Second, that gray check is really trying its hardest to conceal that it's actually a "yes." #deceptivedesign #darkpatterns #uidesign #genaisucks

I don’t even know how to describe the weight and joy and depth of human connection I feel when I hear the beep-beep of a high or low blood sugar alarm … and it’s actually NOT my kid, it’s someone else. Signals in space, a message that we aren’t alone. #diabetes #t1d

And “Good Week” this week goes to ME because I just joined @europeanspod.bsky.social on Patreon. You gotta check this one out: passionate, joyful, nerdy news and takes from all across Europe. The theme music (techno Götterfunken with sheep bleating) sets the tone - and that’s just the beginning.

'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

@anildash.com You brought this on yourself. Now when I come across Prince related things you get a ping... thems the rules.

Everyone needs to know that this happened and understand why: if you ask an AI chatbot for a certain phone number, the only thing you're guaranteed is a phone-number-shaped object. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

(sliding out from under The Gyre on a mechanic's creeper, covered in grease) okay, bad news

Trinity Sunday on Father's Day, is there nothing that's just for men anymore 😭

When is it legal for CA law enforcement to use tear gas, rubber bullets, and pepper spray for crowd control? A flowchart explainer from @afsc-org.bsky.social. Please share! afsc.org/california-s...

Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.

the AI companies made apps that trick dumb people into thinking the app is smart and creative, while smart people aren't fooled. this would have been a fatal mistake, if it weren't for the fact that every venture capital investor and every manager is a dumb guy

"AI makes me so much more efficient" - the least productive person you know

no it doesn't! falling sucks!!!!!!!

stateofaidesign.com/ I don't see anything in this whole damn 39 pages, even from Heads of Design, that says, "AI improves the ACTUAL QUALITY of our ACTUAL WORK." Isn't that weird???? I think that's super weird.

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

“Ethically rather mean-spirited” has aged like the finest wine as a critique of the material and its creator

anybody got a compilation of the worst of "New Journaling Suggestion"? I know I've seen a lot of them on here

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.

Flora (3): I’m tired. I need a break. (Starts hopping around rhythmically from side to side and touching the ground) Me: I thought you were tired? Flora: I am. I’m taking a break. So I’m break dancing.

Me: What are you drawing? Flora: A sauna. Me: Oh! … Do you know what a sauna is? Flora: I do not.

My web searches like ohcrh ocrhr orhcr ohrcr ochcr UGHHH what are computers even FOR united nations human rights commissioner office website thing

Don’t go read the @theguardian.com coverage of the recent UK Supreme Court ruling, or their JKR puff piece, unless you’re prepared to read raw hate. It’s so bad I can’t link because I care about my trans brothers’ & sisters’ mental health. DO NOT give them ANY money until they publish retractions.

I can't choose between Earl Grey and Lady Grey tea because I don't know which way they transitioned and I don't want to drink their deadtea

When the going gets tough, the tough make purple pants #daughterjudyadamspant #sewing #homemade #fashion

I told the 3yo that Spider-Man got his powers because he was bitten by a radioactive spider. I later heard her explain Batman was bitten by a radioactive bat, and Robin was bitten by a radioactive robin

Making stop-motion with the kids

Question to anyone who reviews writing: What kinds of feedback do you give to LLM writing vs human writing? What do you notice heavily AI-written pieces tend to need "help" with vs human-written pieces? Trying to write a quick thing about how to effectively edit people vs machines.

When I say "our 5-year-old with type 1 has HbA1c 6.4" 99% of you will say "wha?" and 1% of you will jump out of your chair and yell HELL YES, GET IT MAMA

Would you like to use US-based tech services less? EU Alternatives has massive categorized lists of, well, alternatives to help you say goodbye to some frenemies. (Americans, you can try these out too – why not!) european-alternatives.eu/alternatives...

when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for

Feeling really stylish this morning on the way to the pediatrician in my new handmade trousers, my Prototype Fund hoodie, red lipstick, high ponytail, thrifted denim jacket. People were staring at me! and then I realized it was probably because I was carrying a sterile cup of urine #yummymummy

our tickets to visit our American loved ones will be cheap this summer! Thanks…?

I'm walking, eating, working, typing words, but the US is disappearing students off the streets and I'm not OK

Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/

A big heartfelt thank you from all of us at Signal to every person who has ever used Signal, gotten your friends to make the switch, and donated to support our work. It is truly an honor to build Signal for you. 💙

TIL the one place that it's very clear cut tha tCPB cannot search your devices without a warrant is JFK

Here to tell you the stage we're at now is DISOBEY IN ADVANCE.

Post a fictional character you think would have been an anti-vaxxer. Hard mode: no villains.

You can get ANYTHING printed on a lunchbox. Challenge accepted! Nell (3) wanted a "dragon on a beach". Easy. Clara (5) wanted a "fire department made of chickens". Sure? Flora (3) wanted a "lion eating a person". I vetoed that. She settled for a lion eating a pretzel. Ink by @juliaro.bsky.social.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Making a quick presentation about UX design and security (hi @lukasz.bsky.social) and somehow it now has a slide about Tide Pods in it

User testing is superior to personas. QED

President Donald Trump’s weekend shutdown of the US Agency for Global Media has among its casualties a small — but influential — fund that helps internet users worldwide combat censorship from oppressive regimes. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

OTF President Laura Cunningham: The immediate consequence is that if this holds, over 45 million people will lose access to trusted and secure VPNs, leaving them exposed to authoritarian surveillance and persecution.